Sunken Works / who makes the rules?
Ghaliah Conroy
Location:
Project Arts Centre, Dublin
Space:
Cube
Form:
Live Art + Dance
Duration:
35 mins
Date:
Friday May 9th
Start time:
7pm
Ticket price:
€16 / €14
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Age: 15+
Under the title Sunken Works, Ghaliah Conroy is working on a series of works around the theme of the Human Zoo, the ‘exotic’ exhibitions that took place in Europe well into the 20th century, where people of colour were displayed behind a fence for public viewing. What effect does this history have on black women today?
After the dance film Sunken Works / DON’T BITE (a co-production between DansBrabant and the Nederlandse Dansdagen), Ghaliah takes an even deeper look at the theme of ‘looking and being looked at’. How do you relate to a gaze that reduces you to a stereotype? And how do you reclaim your autonomy?
Sunken Works / who makes the rules? is an intimate live duet between a camera and a black body – at the same time, a game between audience and performer. Who watches whom, who decides, who follows… Anger, incapacity and affection seem to stand side by side. Sunken Works / who makes the rules? is at times uncomfortable, at all times thought-provoking and personal.
About the Artist
Ghaliah Conroy graduated from the dance and choreography department of Fontys in Tilburg. Originally, she has a background in theatre as an actress and singer. Since graduating, she has been looking for how to bring these different loves together in a meaningful way. In the past two years, she danced, among others, in HAMMAM, an immersive performance by the Irish company ANU Productions, performed in the show The Pull of the Stars at The Gate Theatre Dublin and was part of Marian Quinn’s film TWIG. At Makershuis Tilburg and in residence at DansBrabant, where she worked out her plans for Sunken Works.
Credits
Concept, choreography and performance: Ghaliah Conroy
Camera and performance: CJ Roxas
Co-production between DansBrabant and the Nederlandse Dansdagen